Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-06-16

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BY ELI D. AXE.
RONTON. MISSOURI.
NEWS AND NOTES.
4 Summary Of Important Events.
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In evicting tenants on the islands off the
coast of Ireland.
THE Government is to institute coast
patrol to aid local authorities in quaran-
tine regulation.
The Constitutional prohibitory amend
meut was defeated in the Massachusetts,
House On the sth by vote Of 139 to "a,
not the necessary two-thirds.
TIE New York State Grand Lodge OF
Masons has expelled Prudence Lodge on
account Of it's admission of Tom Gould
and other notorious people to member
ship.
The annual meeting of the Actors fund
was held at New York on the 9Th. A letter
from President Cleveland was read ac
cepting an honorary membership in the
fund.
THE Missouri Capitol Improvements
Board have reconsidered their action in
tise for bids confiuing the work to Mis-
souri, stone.
TIE Postmaster-General has issued an
order to the postm aster at Chicago to de
liver no more registered letters to thu
Chicago Farm Journal, and cash no more
money orders for it
SEVERE shocks OF earthquake have oc
CURED at Vernome, in Turkestan. The
town was almost entirely destroyed. One
hundred and twenty persons were killed
and 125 were injured
IT is officially announced at Berlin tn a.
Emperor William, in consequence of ar
abdominal cramp, has been confined tt
his bed for the last few days. He is alst
suffering from catarrhal irritation OF thu
eyelids.
EX-SENATOR E. H ROLLINS has with
drawn from the senatorial canvass in
New Hampshire, and will not be candl
date in the caucus. 1t is claimed that 6
majority of his supporters will go to
Chandler.
THE Secretary of the Treasury has au
thorizeG the employment of six nurses to
attend the sick in the barrack hospital al
Key West, Fla, and four guards to pro-
tect the property of persons removed Il
the hospital
THE Gar is incensed at the tone adopt
ed by the Russian press in regard to his
foreign policy. The Gar aims at main
tanning peace. His policy emphasizes
the tradition of amity between Rus STA
and Germany.
THE report is renewed that General
Sheridan has decided to recommend in
his annual report that Congress make an
appropriation for the holding of an annual
National drill by the militia of all the
States in Washington.
TRADE dollars in small amounts con-
tinue to arrive at the treasury. 1t is not
known what results will attend further
efforts to secure trade dollars in China,
but 1t is believed that very few perfect
ones are in circulation there.
AARON L. STIM one of the best-know n
co1ered men in Pennsylvania, died al
Reading on tho 9th, aged seventy-seven
years. He was prominent in slavery days
as one of the underground railroad"
leaders in assisting fugitive slaves to es-
cape.
A STRONG anti-Semitic movement is
gaining ground in Hungary and the at
tention of the government is called to
its spread. A terrific fight growing out
of this state of feeling occurred at Ma.
tura on the 10th. In which eight persons
We're killed and thirty wounded.
TIE Secretary of the Navy issued orders
on the 9TH for the vessels of the North
Atlantic squadron to proceed to New
Haven, Conn, for the purpose of partici-
pating in the ceremonies incident to the
dedication of the soldiers and sailors
monument at that city on the 18th inst.
TIE court in general term for the Dis
trict Of Columbia decided on the 9th that
the act under which the Commissi oners
ordered the closing Of cigar stands, ETC.,
on Sunday was not valid, and the test
cases against g. W. Cochran and b.
Standiford were accordingly dismiss ed.
THE State Department is informed that
under the recent agreement with Spain
relieving American vessels from dis.
eliminating duties, vessels are arriving at
Havana with cargoes from the Rio de la
Plata. For sixty years the duties have
excluded American vessels from this
trade.
HERR LALANcE, a member of the Ger.
man Rechstag, from Mullhausen circle,
was ordered on the 10th to leave Alsace
within twenty four hours. Herr Lalance
is an active protector, and is charged
with having supported the French Patri-
otto League.
JOHN BRIGHT has written a letter, in
which he says: "Mr. Gladstone, while in
Wales, spoke as though there was no
Province of Ulster and no Protestant or
loyal Catholic population in Ireland. 1t is
Sad to see so great a Minister descend to
articles so transparent to deceive his
countrymen."
GEORGE W. LYNCH, secretary of the
Tenth Street Crosstown railroad Zone of
Jacob Sharpe's roads), was indicted by
the New York grand jury on the 9th for
embracery. He is the man who, 1t is
stated, requested a Mr.. Raymond to see
Juror Smith and try to influence him in
favor of Sharpe.
UNITED STATES CONSUL CAMPO ELL has
reported to the State Department his ar
rival and reception at his post Of duty,
Tamative, Madagascar, and the presenta-
tion to him of a bullock, six chickens and